Systems and Methods For Generating Vendor-Independent Computer-Aided Diagnosis Markers

• US 20090327335A1
• Filed: 06/30/2008
• Published: 12/31/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: General Electric Company
• Original Assignee: General Electric Company
• Inventors: Wahab, Mohammed Abdul, Chavva, Amarnath Reddy, Venon, Medhi, Baba, Kengo
• Application Number:
  US12/164,980
• Publication Number:
  US 20090327335A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 17/00 Three dimensional [3D] modelling, e.g. data description of 3D objects
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2210/32 Image data format
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 30/40 for processing medical images, e.g. editing
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 50/20 for computer-aided diagnosis, e.g. based on medical expert systems

Abstract

Certain embodiments of the present invention provide a system for vendor-independent computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) marker generation including a parser adapted to parse CAD marker data into parsed data and a marker generator adapted to generate generic marker data based on the parsed data and a configuration file. The generic marker data includes a set of point pairs.

Claims

1. A system for vendor-independent computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) marker generation, the system including:

a parser adapted to parse CAD marker data into parsed data; and

a marker generator adapted to generate generic marker data based on the parsed data and a configuration file, wherein the generic marker data includes a set of point pairs.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the CAD marker data is in Structure Reporting for Medical Evidence format.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the CAD marker data is from at least one of:

CAD software, an analysis module on a remote server, and a vendor workstation.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration file includes rules for a plurality of CAD software vendors.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the configuration file includes rules for a plurality of versions of CAD software for the same vendor.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the generic marker data is a marker object.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the generic marker data is in at least one of:

XML format, comma separated values format, text format, and binary format.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein each points pair is to be connected using one of a line and a curve.

9. The system of claim 1, further including a controller adapted to draw a CAD marker on an image based on the generic marker data.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the controller is adapted to draw the CAD marker using a free shape model.

11. A method for vendor-independent computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) marker generation, the method including:

receiving CAD marker data at a parser;

parsing the received CAD marker data into parsed data at the parser; and

generating generic marker data based on the parsed data and a configuration file at a marker generator, wherein the generic marker data includes a set of point pairs.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the CAD marker data is in Structure Reporting for Medical Evidence format.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the CAD marker data is from at least one of:

CAD software, an analysis module on a remote server, and a vendor workstation.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the configuration file includes rules for a plurality of CAD software vendors.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the configuration file includes rules for a plurality of versions of CAD software for the same vendor.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the generic marker data is a marker object.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the generic marker data is in at least one of:

XML format, comma separated values format, text format, and binary format.

18. The method of claim 11, further including drawing a CAD marker on an image based on the generic marker data.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the drawing step includes connecting each points pair using one of a line and a curve.

20. A computer-readable medium including a set of instructions for execution on a computer, the set of instructions including:

a parser routine configured to parse CAD marker data into parsed data; and

a marker generator routine configured to generate generic marker data based on the parsed data and a configuration file, wherein the generic marker data includes a set of point pairs.